Affordable Care Act

(pictured above: Sen. Malcolm Graham speaks with supporters at his side.) Congressional hopeful Sen. Malcolm Graham won the support of a local heavyweight in his bid for the 12th District seat. Mayor Allen Joines officially announced his...

Last week, the National Medical Association (NMA) expressed satisfaction that more than 2.2 million people through Dec. 28 have selected health insurance plans from state and federal marketplaces via the Affordable Care Act. NMA is the largest...

Liberation struggles – past and present – were recalled on New Year’s Day at the annual commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emancipation Association’s annual ceremony took place at St. Stephen...

Art Pope’s indignation over NAACP-led pickets of his chain of discount stores is chuckle-worthy. The conservative firebrand has been a longtime ally of policies and initiatives designed to keep minorities and the poor powerless and voiceless –...

Novant Health opened a new easy-to-access after hours family medicine clinic on Oct. 21. It aims to provide an alternative to daytime primary care appointments for people who live or work in north Davidson County and parts of Forsyth County....

Dr. Ben Carson became the darling of conservatives earlier this year by stridently attacking the Affordable Care Act with President Obama sitting just a few feet away at the National Prayer Breakfast. Predictably, the Right wing rushed to...

by AARP North Carolina Attention shoppers: If you are in the market for an affordable health insurance plan because you are uninsured or had to buy your insurance in the individual market, there’s a “grand opening” you simply...

Local rally recalls historic March on Washington Lenoir native Louise Lash’s grandmother worked as a maid but was not allowed to enter the front door at the home of the white family she worked for. Lash, a mother of two, believes African...

“Steel Magnolias” star Alfre Woodard has been making a lot of headlines lately. A four-time Emmy winner, Woodard, and her co-stars Phylicia Rashad, Queen Latifah Condola Rashad and Jill Scott, have been getting high marks from critics and fans...

Singer Janelle Monae campaigned in Chapel Hill earlier this month for President Barack Obama. The musically-eclectic Grammy nominated singer headlined a youth summit hosted by Organizing for America, which is dedicated to working to reelect...